Sunday, November 17, 2013

Family Birthday Picnic 
We spent a gorgeous day on the river yesterday (16th November) celebrating two birthdays, mine and my son's, although mine had passed, and his was yet to come on 30th November. And to mark the occasion my family gave me this great travel book (Eyewitness Travel). It has a large map inside of the City of Barcelona, transport maps and all the history and information you would ever want to know about this Catalonian region. I will be well-prepared and also given a Spanish phrase book. I can now go beyond Hasta la Vista to Soy de Australia!

















Pics taken around 4.00pm and at dusk of my beautiful granddaughters dancing. And what a sunset with an eyeshadow palette of cloud, and the moon poking its white eye into the scene!

































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2 comments:

Beejay said...

Happy belated, Helen. Lovely photos reflecting happy people. Love those DK books - they are top prep for a trip. Enjoy.

Helen Hagemann said...

Thanks Beejay. Booked to go to Barcelona in June, mucha preparación. Hope your studies are progressing well and that your health scare is no longer scary (I read your post) :) Helen

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Helen Hagemann holds an MA in Writing from Edith Cowan University, has three poetry books: Evangelyne & Other Poems published by Australian Poetry, Melbourne (2009) and of Arc & Shadow published by Sunline Press, Perth (2013). Bounty: prose poetry is published by Oz.one Publishing in 2024. She has three novels published The Last Asbestos Town (2020), The Ozone Café (2021) and The Five Lives of Ms Bennett a result of her Masters degree at ECU (2006), is published by Oz.one Publishing (2023).

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